Certification program for tourism gets pilot run in BC
Tourism product suppliers in BC, ranging from hotels and resorts to adventure companies, attractions and tour operators, have signed on to take part in a program that will measure their environmental “best practices” and thus set a template for tourism businesses across the country.
These will be the trail blazers in establishing the National Sustainable Certification pilot program in Canada S...
Flight Centre Canada and its corporate division, Corporate Traveller, have announced that Gap Adventures has won the company's 3rd Annual Environmental Industry award.
Flight Centre established the award to recognize the industry supplier that has made the greatest effort to minimize their environmental impact
The award was presented to Gap during Flight Centre's annual black-tie Ball he...
Trek Holidays is committed to being “green” and its national sales team demonstrated the company’s passion for the environment in Vancouver recently.
Pat Rochon, national sales manager for Trek Holidays and Tamara Fosty, inside sales coordinator for Trek Holidays decided to do their Vancouver sales calls by bike, delivering the tour company’s “Africa In Style” brochure to local agencies.
A six-partner consortium, led by Saskatchewan-based Targeted Growth Canada (TGC), is planning to demonstrate an emerging bio-fuel produced from camelina in a Porter Airlines Q400 turboprop by early 2012.
The renewable fuel from camelina offers an opportunity to reduce the environmental impact of commercial aviation by significantly reducing carbon lifecycle emissions
The Bombardier Q400 ai...
To commemorate its 20th anniversary, the International Ecotourism Society (TIES) has launched the annual Innovation Leadership in Sustainable Tourism Awards to recognize and honor accomplishments by sustainable tourism leaders and pioneers The Innovation Award has been created by TIES to recognize those individuals and organizations who demonstrate leadership in innovative actions that effectiv...
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Tourism product suppliers in BC, ranging from hotels and resorts to adventure companies, attractions and tour operators, have signed on to take part in a program that will measure their environmental “best practices” and thus set a template for tourism businesses across the country.
These will be the trail blazers in establishing the National Sustainable Certification pilot program in Canada S...
Flight Centre Canada and its corporate division, Corporate Traveller, have announced that Gap Adventures has won the company's 3rd Annual Environmental Industry award.
Flight Centre established the award to recognize the industry supplier that has made the greatest effort to minimize their environmental impact
The award was presented to Gap during Flight Centre's annual black-tie Ball he...
Trek Holidays is committed to being “green” and its national sales team demonstrated the company’s passion for the environment in Vancouver recently.
Pat Rochon, national sales manager for Trek Holidays and Tamara Fosty, inside sales coordinator for Trek Holidays decided to do their Vancouver sales calls by bike, delivering the tour company’s “Africa In Style” brochure to local agencies.
A six-partner consortium, led by Saskatchewan-based Targeted Growth Canada (TGC), is planning to demonstrate an emerging bio-fuel produced from camelina in a Porter Airlines Q400 turboprop by early 2012.
The renewable fuel from camelina offers an opportunity to reduce the environmental impact of commercial aviation by significantly reducing carbon lifecycle emissions
The Bombardier Q400 ai...
To commemorate its 20th anniversary, the International Ecotourism Society (TIES) has launched the annual Innovation Leadership in Sustainable Tourism Awards to recognize and honor accomplishments by sustainable tourism leaders and pioneers The Innovation Award has been created by TIES to recognize those individuals and organizations who demonstrate leadership in innovative actions that effectiv...
